The three pretty young girls had been looking at prom dresses all afternoon. They found gowns that were too revealing. They knew their parents wouldn’t pay for a dress if it didn’t cover them more than that. Dressing like a playboy model wasn’t something they could get away with.

They stood in front of the swarovski earrings and picked out what they liked. There was a green pair that were long with oblong emerald stones and white smaller stones at the level of the earlobe. Traci thought they would be perfect with one of the dresses she had tried on earlier.

Each girl saw herself in a slinky dress with sparkles on her earlobes. They had seen movie starts on TV wearing some of these very earrings. They all liked what they saw.

They laughed and said earrings should always come in threes instead of twos. How often do you lose one of them they wondered. They all agreed that each had lost many earrings even though they were only seventeen.

They concluded that they should all buy the same pair of earrings. Then they’d have six of the same earring. They guessed they would be able to retain at least one pair out of them over time.

They moved to the next display case to look over rhodium earrings. Traci looked back longingly at the pair of swarovski desert glow earrings. Wish I had over a hundred dollars to spend on earrings she thought.

She knew that the dress would be expensive enough. She would have to pay for her shoes and evening bag herself according to her mom. She didn’t have enough to pay for new earrings in that price range.

Oh well, they sighed as they walked out of the store and over to the food court. They got sodas and sat at a table, watching the boys walk by. The conversation turned to the subject of how to get rid of acne. What teen girl doesn’t suffer angst over that.

They decided to share a plate of nachos and think about it later. They talked over who they wanted to go to the prom with. Traci was the only one who had a date for sure. But, with the other two girls being on the cheerleading squad, they weren’t worried about being asked. If they weren’t, they would just go together.

Many of their other friends did that cause prom was expensive. Also, it was a way to reject tradition. Just like dressing Goth or Emo, they were rejecting parental objections against the way they looked and acted. It has been the way of teenagers for decades.

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